Indochina Ultimate Golf Membership Combined by 3 Golf Club

On May 13, 2009, Dalat Palace Golf Club, Ocean Dunes Golf Club and TheMontgomerie Links of Vietnam’s top golf courses today announced their combined Indochina Ultimate Golf Membership.

The three-club membership offers an array of privileges such as complimentary Green Fees, discount green fees for guests of members when accompanied by a member, preferred caddy service, one free golf lesson per year, and discount room rates at affiliated hotels. Membership can be transferred for a fee of 10% of either the current sales price or the purchase price, whichever is a greater and Complimentary subscription prior to opening of 18 holes at The Montgomerie Links.

“If you are a golfer, you cannot miss such an tremendous opportunity,” said T.W. Hughes, Managing Director, Dalat Palace Golf Club & Ocean Dunes Golf Club. "You can join truly great golf course at Dalat Palace Golf Club is voted The Best Golf Course in Vietnam by Asian Golf Monthly and

 Vietnam Golf Magazine in 2008. Ocean Dunes Golf Club 9th Hole, par 3, has been selected as one of the “Best 500 Holes in the World” by Golf Magazine (USA)”.

In its 2003, 2005 and 2007 Planet Golf surveys, Golf Digest (USA) rated Dalat Palace and Ocean Dunes golf clubs Nos. 1 and 2 in the country, respectively. A French architect imagined this layout in 1922, but it took stimulation from the country’s most prominent golf supporter (Bao Dai, the last emperor of Vietnam) to spur its ultimate construction later in the decade. Through four consecutive surveys (2001, 2003, 2005 & 2007), Golf Digest has hailed the Dalat Palace GC as the top course in Vietnam in its world renowned Planet Golf Survey. Asian Golf Monthly, in its 2007 survey, recognized the course as one of the top-10 in all Asia. The club is also a member of the Finest Golf Clubs of The World (London).

The Novotel Ocean Dunes & Golf Resort was the first resort to grace the shores of Vietnam when it opened in 1996. Embraced on three sides by a Nick Faldo-designed golf course , 1.5-kilometer stretch of the East Sea, Ocean Dunes winds through a pleasing obstacle course of windswept dunes and shimmering water hazards, with coastal breezes shaping its character day-by-day. In its 2007 Planet Golf Survey, Golf Digest called out Ocean Dunes as the No.2 course in the country. The famed 9th, a breathtaking par-3 in the dunes, was selected one of "The Best 500 Holes in The World" by Golf Magazine. It's also a member in good standing of the "Finest Golf Clubs of the World". Asian Golf Monthly magazine identified the course as one of the top-10 resort courses in Asia.

Located just off breathtaking Eastern Sea and minutes from Danang’s international airport, The Montgomerie Links moves boldly over a striking landscape of wispy casuarinas pines and sand dunes. The 7,200-yard championship layout is positioned to one day hold some of Asia’s biggest tournaments.

“The golf course not only brings value to the Central Coast region but raises the benchmark for golf tourism in Vietnam,” said Jon Tomlinson, General Director, The Montgomerie Links. “The Montgomerie Links Eight-time European Tour Order of Merit winner and 2010 European Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie has massaged massive greens and rippled fairways into the stunning backdrop, setting up an experience he believes will rank among the world’s finest”.

Montgomerie, a Ryder Cup legend and one of the most decorated European Tour players in history, has crafted a course that moves boldly over a striking landscape of wispy casuarinas pines and sand dunes. Massive greens and rippled fairways are among the layout’s Old World features, while lakes and Paspalum — elements missing from classic links courses — provide a touch of modernity.

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